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Yazmeen Alexis Jamieson (born 17 March 1998) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for GPSO 92 Issy in the French Division 2 Féminine. Born in Canada, she represents the Jamaica women's national team.

Yazmeen Jamieson

Personal information
Full name	Yazmeen Alexis Jamieson
Date of birth	(1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	GPSO 92 Issy
Youth career
	Toronto Eagles SC
	Unionville Milliken SC
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Carleton Ravens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019	Papakura City	5	(0)
2021	P18 IK	7	(0)
2022	Simcoe County Rovers	12	(0)
2022–	GPSO 92 Issy	0	(0)
National team‡
2017–2018	Jamaica U-20	5	(0)
2018–	Jamaica	5	(0)
Honours Representing  Jamaica CONCACAF W Championship 2022 Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 September 2018

Early life

Jamieson was born to a Jamaican father and a Grenadian mother.[1] She started playing soccer at age 6.[2] She attended Bayview Glen School, winning the Elite Athlete Award.[3] She played youth soccer with Toronto Eagles SC and Unionville Milliken SC.[4] She was awarded the 2017 Grenada Association of Toronto Diaspora Award.[5]

Playing career

College

She played for Carleton University from 2016 to 2018 and suffered from an injury in 2017. In 2019, she gave up her college eligibility in order to play professionally overseas in New Zealand to improve her chances for the Jamaican national team selection for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6]

Club

In 2019, she joined New Zealand club Papakura City.[7]

In 2021, Yazmeen signed a short-term contract with the Swedish club P18 IK in the second division.[8] She started 6 out of the seven matches she was there for and helped bring the team to the final playoffs round. The team won the final match therefore promoting them to Division 1 in Sweden.[9]

In 2022, she joined Canadian club Simcoe County Rovers in League1 Ontario.[10]

In September 2022, she joined GPSO 92 Issy in the French Division 2 Féminine.[11]

International career

In 2013, at age 15, while on a tour to Jamaica with her youth club team, the Jamaican women's technical director learned of her Jamaican heritage and arranged for her to trial with the Jamaican U20 team.[1][5] Soon after, she made the roster for the Jamaican U17 team for the U17 World Cup qualifier, however, she was unable to secure her Jamaican citizenship and passport in time and was unable to join the team.[5]

In November 2017, she received her first cap to the Jamaica U20.[12] She was later named to the roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[13]

In 2018, she was named to the Jamaica senior team for the first time.[2][14]

References

External links

• Yazmeen Jamieson at Soccerway

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